Test 3 · Picking teams and being picked last
«sir, can we just pick? it's quicker innit». What's the fair fix the teacher can use?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: sir, it, fair fix, teacher · What happens: pick, be, use · To what, where: quicker innit, fair fix
This is test 3 of lesson 66 «Picking teams and being picked last» of the medicine course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: «sir, can we just pick? it's quicker innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 sir | punct |
| 2 | sir | sir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pick | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 sir | punct |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 pick | aux |
| 5 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 pick | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 pick | advmod |
| 7 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 pick | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 innit | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 innit | cop |
| 11 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 innit | amod |
| 12 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pick | parataxis |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 pick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick in a quote | can | sir | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | quicker innit | tree rules |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What's the fair fix the teacher can use?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fix | det |
| 4 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fix | amod |
| 5 | fix | fix | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 teacher | det |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 use | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 use | aux |
| 9 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 fix | acl:relcl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the fair fix | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | use | can | the teacher | the fair fix not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fix=Patient |
The options
Option 1
Make the last kid sit out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kid | amod |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 5 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Make | xcomp |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 sit | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | the last kid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sit out | infinitive | the last kid not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Let the two best kids always pick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 kids | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 kids | nummod |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 kids | amod |
| 5 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pick | nsubj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 pick | advmod |
| 7 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pick | present | the two best kids | always property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Count off or use a list
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Count | compound:prt |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 use | cc |
| 4 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 list | det |
| 6 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count off | imperative | you not said here | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | use | infinitive | you not said here | a list | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Patient |
Option 4
Let the tallest kids pick first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kids | det |
| 3 | tallest | tall | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 kids | amod |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pick | nsubj |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 pick | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pick | present | the tallest kids | first property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/medicine/66-picking-teams-and-being-picked-last/t3/